More info at faygoldgallery.com

“Durham Stories: Not Hell But You Can See It From Here“, Titus Brooks Heagins’ exhibition of photos and video opens Saturday, the 21st at Composition Gallery.

Chattahoochee Immersion
Photographs by Xiaotian Wang
March 16 – 20, 2009
Opening Reception: March 18th, 6 – 8 p.m.

The Chattahoochee River is metropolitan Atlanta’s main source of drinking water. Over the years, the residents of Atlanta have taken this and other gifts from the river, and given it only abuse in return. For me, the river is a living thing that needs to be taken care of and loved. The photographs in this project are living things too, like fish that lived in its water. The final images are not of the river itself, but are a result of things in the water that have changed it for the worse. The same water the original images were created in and destroyed by, but hopefully changed for the better.

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Todd Vinson has wet plate collodion images up at the Showcase School, and there’ll be an opening on Friday night from 6:30 to 8:30. Click the image for the details, or check out more info at theshowcaseschool.com.

This Saturday, March 14th, on Carroll St. (Click the image for the details)

Click the image for all the details: opening is Thursday, March 12th, 6-9pm!

“THE SEEN GALLERY CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF NEW DOWNTOWN DECATUR LOCATION – SATURDAY, MARCH 7
The Seen Gallery will celebrate its “grand reopening” with a group show featuring original painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, etchings, hand-blown glass and limited edition prints on Saturday, March 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. in its new spacious location in Downtown Decatur. Guests are invited to enjoy Palo Alto wine and hors d’oeuvres while exploring the new space and viewing various works from numerous talented artists including David Hansford, Christopher Boehm, Jerald Mask, Denise Wellenstein, Travis Smith, Kimberly Dean, Arthur Umlauf, and many more. The Seen Gallery is located at 415 Church Street, Suites A and B, Decatur. For more information visit www.theseengallery.com or call 404.377.0733

© John Gutmann, “Yes, Columbus Did Discover America!”, San Francisco, 1938

WINTER FILM FEST
Special screenings of short documentary films on the lives and work of four master photographers, followed by a discussion of photographs by the artists.
Featuring live Q&A via phone with the film’s director.
Coffee and biscotti precede the films.

John Gutmann
My Eyes Were Fresh
a film by: Jane Levy Reed
This is the third of four films.

My Eyes Were Fresh provides a richly textured view of the photographer and his ideas and times. Based on invaluable documentary footage of interviews with Gutmann and material drawn from the photographer’s personal photographs of Breslau, Berlin, and San Francisco, the film is a close examination of the breadth of Gutmann’s vision.

Saturday, March 7, 2009
10:30 AM @
Lumière
Galleries of Peachtree Hills
425 Peachtree Hills Avenue, Suite 29B
When you enter the complex, bear to the right,
Building 5, second floor.

Seating is limited please RSVP
rsvp@lumieregallery.net
Copies of the DVD will be available for purchase.

Additional film in the series:
Imogen Cunningham – Portrait of Imogen – March 21, 2009

March 12th. Tickets are $100 or $150 for couples. Click the image for more info.

© Richard Fleming

Walking to Guantanamo
Photographs by Richard Fleming
Reading & Book Signing
Thursday, February 26 | 7 PM
Exhibition Dates:
January 16 – February 18

whitespace
814 Edgewood Ave
Atlanta, GA 30307
404-688-1892
Gallery Hours:
Wed – Sat 11AM – 5PM

This Thursday, Feb. 26th, “Click” opens at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery.

“Click February 26 – March 5 Opening Reception February 26 7-10pm
The images in this exhibit are by residents of Covenant House Georgia and are the result of Youth Photography Project’s two week workshop with young people at risk, documenting their lives using donated cameras. The exhibit was curated by the staff of Youth Photography Project: SCAD graduate students Jason Riffe, Frazer Spowart and Jessica Little, in conjunction with Julian Cox, Curator of Photography at the High Museum.

Youth Photography Project is an Atlanta non-profit organization designed to offer youth ages 16 to 21 an opportunity to experience the artistic value of photography. Covenant House is a crisis support and emergency shelter for homeless, runaway and at risk youth under the age of 21. Part of an international network founded in New York in 1973, Covenant House Georgia opened its doors in Atlanta in 2000. It provides crisis intervention and community-based services, shelter and independent living programs. Each image in the exhibit is priced at $100.

All proceeds will go directly to helping further the mission of Covenant House Georgia.”

We’re really happy to see this great event for Saturday — a unique collaboration from the burgeoning arts scene on the Westside, anchored by The Contemporary at the south end, and the recently relocated Get This! Gallery and Saltworks, on the north end.

On Saturday, there’ll be artist talks and gallery tours of all the participating spaces (The Contemporary, Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Emily Amy Gallery, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Kiang Gallery, Saltworks, Get This! Gallery) topped-off with a visit to Octane Coffee Bar, hosts of Atlanta Pecha Kucha, and makers of tasty macchiatos and Belgian beer(s) on tap!

Here’s all the details, over on Facebook.

A free, open-to-the-public lecture from Candice Breitz on Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., 4C Events Space, 1600 Peachtree St. See Breitz’ work on her site.

“Johannesburg-born artist Candice Breitz completes multichannel, theoretically-potent video installations that critique the increasingly “scripted lives” of celebrities and their admirers. The resulting, Pop-inspired portraits – built off of sampled performances by Madonna, Clint Eastwood and a Bob Marley fan, to name a few – investigate issues of individuality, communication and personal expression within a global consumer culture. Breitz is a professor of fine art at the Braunschweig University of Art in Germany.”

The Museum of Design Atlanta is hosting a special screening of Objectified, which might not be a movie about photography, but will definitely cover cameras. Yes, there’s a Leica in the trailer, below. For fans of last year’s Helvetica, for sure!

Richard Renaldi
Fall River Boys
Jackson Fine Art
Opens: February 13th, 6-8pm
Book Signing: February 14th, 11am
3115 E Shadowlawn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30305 [map]